永不：自传 Never: The Autobiography

基本信息

Format:Hardback 304 pages

Publisher:Pan Macmillan

Imprint:Macmillan

ISBN:9781035049394

Published:10 Oct 2024

Weight:544g

Dimensions:162 x 242 x 31 (mm)

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书籍简介

这是深受喜爱的音乐家 Rick Astley 撰写的一本深思熟虑、坦率而美丽的回忆录。

“我对名气并不太适应，但成名后我不知道该做什么。表面上，我只是如释重负，终于摆脱了这一切。我觉得自己摆脱了困境……但在内心深处，我非常痛苦。”

《永不》将 Rick Astley 推向了流行乐坛的高峰，不可逆转地改变了他的人生轨迹。没有什么能让这个来自兰开夏郡的年轻、谦逊的小伙子为即将发生的事情做好准备。在同意与传奇音乐制作人 Pete Waterman 签约后——在音乐巨头 Stock Aitken Waterman 的羽翼下——接下来是不可预测和古怪的冒险，以及对音乐行业机制的了解，所有这些终将 Rick 从当地乐队的阴影中带到国际巨星的宝座。从白金销量专辑到全球巡演，大门被打开，世界就在 Rick 的脚下。然后，突然之间，正当他似乎名声大噪之时，事实却并非如此。27

岁时，里克退出了曾为他带来巨大成功和经济稳定的音乐行业。在这些热门歌曲和浮华与魅力背后，是一个年轻人在接受自己新获得的名声、流行音乐机器中的现实生活和巡演生活的压力，更不用说还要接受自己在离异父母的抚养下度过的童年，以及家庭关系不稳定的现实。离开音乐行业的时间让里克有了急需的反思和治疗的空间——并在不知不觉中为他重返音乐界奠定了基础。《永不》将怀旧、新视角和内省与北方幽默相结合，是对这位热门歌曲背后的男人的一次亲密观察——也是对真理、艺术进化和令人惊叹的知足力量的描绘。

'I hadn’t been very comfortable with fame, but I didn’t know what to do with myself after I was famous. On the surface, I was just hugely relieved to be shot of the whole thing. I felt like I’d been let off the hook . . . But underneath that, I was pretty miserable.'

When 'Never Gonna Give You Up’ propelled Rick Astley into the pop stratosphere, it changed his life forever. Nothing could have prepared the young, unassuming boy from Lancashire for what was in store for him. This is Rick's story – in his own words.

At just nineteen, Rick agreed to sign with legendary music producer Pete Waterman – under the wings of music powerhouse Stock Aitken Waterman. Unpredictable, outlandish adventures followed, giving him a peek into the mechanics of the music industry – all of which would eventually take Rick from the shadows of local bands to international stardom. From platinum-selling albums to worldwide tours, the world was at Rick’s feet. And then, suddenly, at what seemed like the height of fame, it wasn’t.

At twenty-seven, Rick retired himself from the industry that had brought him much success and financial stability. Behind the hits and the glitz and glamour was a young man coming to terms with his new-found fame, the realities of life in the pop-music machine and the pressures of life on the road, not to mention reconciling with his childhood spent between his divorced parents in a volatile family dynamic. Time out of the industry offered Rick room for much-needed reflection and therapy – and unknowingly helped to set the stage for his triumphant return to music.

Balancing nostalgia, fresh perspectives and introspection, with a good dose of northern humour, Never is an intimate look at the man behind the hits – and is a portrait of truth, artistic evolution and the astounding power of contentment.

作者简介

音乐家里克·艾斯利 1966 年出生于英国兰开夏郡，职业生涯始于音乐制作公司 Stock Aitken Waterman。1987 年，他发行了首张专辑《Whenever You Need Somebody》，全球销量达 1520 万张，使他成为家喻户晓的人物。此后，他又发行了八张录音室专辑，全球销量超过 4000 万张，并多次在世界各地演出和巡演，近期一次是 2024 年的英国体育场巡演，门票销售一空。《Never》是他的一本也是仅有一本官方自传。

Born in Lancashire, UK in 1966, musician Rick Astley started his career at the music production company Stock Aitken Waterman. His 1987 debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody, sold 15.2m copies worldwide and made him a household name. Since then he has gone on to release eight studio albums, selling over 40 million records worldwide, and played and toured around the world multiple times, including most recently a sell-out UK arena tour (2024). Never is his first and only official autobiography.

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